Providence, Rhode Island - Brown Director of Athletics
Jack Hayes has announced a series of staff
promotions and new Athletic Department personnel hires.
Robert Kenneally was promoted to Executive
Associate Director of Athletics, and Jeanne
Carhart was promoted to Associate Director of Athletic
Communications. In addition, Meredith
Scarlata was recently hired as Associate Director of
Athletics for Finance, and Kelly Lee was named
Brown Athletics’ Ticket Manager.

A 1990 Brown graduate where he was a four-year member of the
men’s ice hockey team, Kenneally, a Warwick, Rhode Island
native, has been a member of the Brown Athletics staff since 1991,
working in a variety of positions. He was an Assistant
Athletic Director and also served as the head men's and women's
golf coach and Director of Golf Operations from 1998 – 2002,
and was named the Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete
Services in 2002. As Executive Associate Athletic Director,
Kenneally is second in charge and has a myriad of responsibilities
within the athletic department. He oversees the daily operations of
the department, serves on the admissions board in the recruitment
of student-athletes, and is the liaison to the department to
Financial Aid. Kenneally is also the sport supervisor for football,
baseball, women’s basketball, gymnastics, men’s ice
hockey, and men’s soccer, and oversees the Budget and Finance
Office, Athletic Communications and Marketing and Promotions. He
also is the Director of Student-Athlete Academic Support Services,
oversees eligibility and is a University Academic
Advisor.

Carhart came to Brown in July of 2000 as an Assistant Sports
Information Director. In her new capacity, she handles all media
demands and publicity for several of Brown's 37 squads throughout
the year, including women's soccer, field hockey, men's ice hockey,
skiing, women's lacrosse, and men's and women's tennis. Carhart
also works with the Director of Athletics on several projects. She
has also been working as the communications director for the NCAA
Division I Men’s Ice Hockey First and Second Round games at
the Dunkin Donuts Center, hosted by Brown, March 30-31, 2013. In
2011, Carhart earned a Brown University Excellence Award for her
help in developing a series of interactive magazines for various
Brown sports. A native of Manasquan, New Jersey she is a 1999
graduate of Drew University where she earned a B.A. in
Psychobiology. Carhart continues to remain involved in high school
and youth lacrosse circles, serving as the head girls’
lacrosse coach at Moses Brown School since the spring of 2008, and
winning two RI State Championships with her squad.

Scarlata was named Associate Director of Athletics for Finance
in October, 2012. She joins the Brown staff after serving as an
Assistant Athletic Director for Business at Hartford for the past
year. Prior to her position with Hartford, Scarlata worked at the
University of Miami, first as an Assistant Director of Business,
then as an Associate Director of Business, and most recently as the
Senior Business Manager. Prior to entering intercollegiate
athletics in 2006, Scarlata spent a year as the Fiscal Officer for
the University of Miami Lowe Art Museum. A 2004 graduate of the
University of Connecticut, Scarlatta earned a Master of Arts in
Education in Sport Management from UConn in 2006. She is currently
working towards a Master of Business Administration from
Hartford.

Lee was named Ticket Office Manager in October, 2012. She joins
the Brown staff after serving as the Business Manager for the
University of Mississippi Athletic Association Foundation in
Oxford, Mississippi from April, 2010-July, 2011. Prior to her
position with the UMAA Foundation, Lee was the Director of Business
and Ticket Operations at the College Of Charleston from 2007-2010.
Lee has held various other positions in collegiate athletics,
including media relations at Georgia Tech and event management with
the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. In between her positions at the
Chick-fil-A Bowl and the College of Charleston, Lee worked as a
high school Athletic Administrator, Coach and Educator at the North
Cobb Christian School in Kennesaw, Georgia. Lee is a 1999 graduate
of the University of Mississippi and received a Master of Science
in Sports Administration from Georgia State in 2002.